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Famous People Quiz for 26 March 2013

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Question 1: Archimedes is the first person recorded to have designed and built an elevator, in about 236 BC. Who is credited with introducing the safety elevator, which did not fall if the cable broke?

A
Elisha Otis (1811-1861)
B
Alfred Einstein (1879-1955)
C
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859)
D
James Watt (1736-1819)